Hacksaw Ridge vs Taking Sides
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Taking Sides is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 19m. Taking Sides is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hacksaw Ridge
Taking Sides| Hacksaw Ridge | Taking Sides | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, Music, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mel Gibson | István Szabó |
| Main cast | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård |
Synopsis
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…
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